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Historic landfill sites in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest

The Environment Agency records 41 historic landfill sites in and around Bracknell, Bracknell Forest. covering roughly 85 hectares in total. The largest is Beehive North East at 11.98 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Bracknell (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Beehive North East11.98 ha1985Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Beehive South West8.42 ha1983IndustrialCommercial
Longhill Road6.68 ha1970IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Lawrence Brickworks6.6 ha1985IndustrialCommercialInert
Nike Land5.13 ha1980Inert
Downfield No.24.4 ha1980HouseholdCommercial
Folders Lane4.04 ha1959IndustrialCommercialInert
Downfield No.33.57 ha1994IndustrialCommercialInert
Lawrence Brickworks3.49 ha1985IndustrialCommercialInert
Downfield No.43.44 ha1983IndustrialCommercialInert
Allens Field South3.27 ha1970IndustrialCommercialInert
Shorts Landfill unlicensed area2.48 ha—Waste types not recorded
Buckhurst Moors2.1 ha—Industrial
Lutterworth Close1.72 ha—Waste types not recorded
Rose Farm1.67 ha1985Inert
Chichester Close1.49 ha1939IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Priors Pit1.43 ha1970IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Caravan Park1.27 ha—Waste types not recorded
Brockenhurst Road1.24 ha1939Inert
Bull Lane0.91 ha—IndustrialCommercialInert
Priors Pit0.87 ha—Inert
Pondwood Lane0.83 ha1989Inert
Recreation Ground0.76 ha1950IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
April Cottage0.76 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ryehurst Lane0.72 ha—Waste types not recorded
Downmill Brickworks0.7 ha—IndustrialCommercialInert
Coronation Road0.67 ha—Waste types not recorded
Easthampstead Brick0.67 ha1960Inert
Perchance Cokeley0.64 ha—Waste types not recorded
Sherring Close0.42 ha—Waste types not recorded
Thomas Lawrence Brickworks0.41 ha1985Inert
Lower Village Road0.4 ha1940IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Bog Pond0.39 ha1972IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Eastern Road Brick0.27 ha—IndustrialCommercialInert
Elizabeth Gardens0.26 ha1972IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Wilwood Road0.25 ha1939IndustrialCommercialInert
St Georges Lane0.21 ha1979IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Fernhill Road0.2 ha1939IndustrialCommercialInert
Forest Road0.19 ha—Waste types not recorded
Woodbine Stores West of Orchard House0.15 ha1979IndustrialCommercialInert
Mill Ride Estate0.12 ha—IndustrialCommercial

What this data does — and doesn't — cover

  • Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
  • Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
  • Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
  • Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.

EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many former landfill sites are there in Bracknell?
41 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bracknell town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
How do I check a specific address in Bracknell?
Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.

Nearby areas

Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.